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GGKP Practitioners’ Workshop – Building Pathways to Greener Growth

June 3-5th Bogor, Indonesia

SPEAKER AND MODERATOR BIOS

Laura ALTINGER – World Bank, Vietnam

In her current position as Senior Environmental Economist (Climate Change) at the

World Bank in Vietnam, Laura manages the Vietnam Climate Change Partnership, a US$

4.5m programmatic trust fund provided by DfID that supports the mainstreaming of climate

change in Vietnam's development by building capacity on related policy agendas, carrying

out analytical work and promoting cross-sectoral co-ordination. She leads the task team for

the implementation of the Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services initiative

in Vietnam and Lao PDR and the low-carbon waste sectoral work. She also works on a

number of projects ranging from the Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review, together with UNDP,

the Partnership for Market Readiness aimed at building capacity for introduction of market-based instruments

for a low-carbon economy in partnership with ADB and the Low-Carbon Development Options Assessment.

Prior to her current position, Laura worked as Climate Change and Green Economy Adviser in the Office of the

Director of the Environment Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe -- the regional arm of

the United Nations for the European and Central Asian region -- and supported the climate change and green

growth related activities of its intergovernmental bodies and negotiations, including its five international

environmental agreements. Laura holds a Ph.D. from London Business School and an M.A. from Cambridge

University.

Philippe AMBROSI – World Bank

Philippe Ambrosi is a Sr. Environmental Economist with the Climate Policy and Finance

Department at the World Bank. He is working mainly on climate finance issues, especially

tracking of climate-related flows. He is also contributing to two knowledge portals for climate

readiness: Climatefinanceoptions.org, a web platform on financing sources and their

innovative use, as well as Climatesmartplanning.org, a web platform to facilitate access to

tools and data for climate-smart planning, with guidance on their use. Prior to these activities,

he co-authored for six years the State and Trends of the Carbon Market, an annual report by

the World Bank reviewing the activity of the global carbon market. He holds a PhD in Environmental Economics

at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris) and graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure

(Paris).

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Irfa AMPRI - Indonesia

Dr. Ampri is currently the Vice Chairman of Fiscal Policy Agency for Climate Change

Financing and Multilateral Policy, Ministry of Finance of Indonesia. With this role, he is

responsible for formulating fiscal policies and financing to support the mitigation and

adaptation of climate change, framing the adaption of green economy, managing the

country’s policies in her relationship with multilateral financial institutions, and determining

the G20 collaboration and policies. He is also the Executive Director of International

Rubber Company established by governments in the ASEAN region with the task to

stabilize the international rubber price and elevating the rubber farmers’ prosperity.

Frank BERTELMANN – GIZ, Indonesia

Mr. Frank Bertelmann is currently the Principal Advisor of GIZ for the Regional

Economic Development (RED) Program in Indonesia where he is working since 2009.

He has a master in Geography and Economics and was assigned before for GIZ in Bolivia

to a Program on Sustainable Agricultural Development and Watershed Management. In

Germany he was working with the public and private sector in the field of Regional

Planning and Economic Policy Advice.

Laura BONZANIGO – World Bank

Laura Bonzanigo is a Research Analyst at the World Bank. She has expertise on the

integrated assessment of natural resources, with main focus on water, agriculture, and

global change, and on methods to support decision-making. She is a PhD candidate in the

program Science and Management of Climate Change at the Ca’ Foscari University of

Venice, Italy. In 2010 she joined the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Euro-Mediterranean

Centre on Climate Change in Venice. Ms. Bonzanigo holds a MSc in International Land and

Water Management from Wageningen University, Netherlands, and graduated with a MA in

Social Anthropology with Development from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Raquel CAPIO – GIZ, Philippines

Raquel Capio is an LRED Specialist at GIZ Philippines since May 2008 with expertise in

project management, private sector development and local and regional economic

development. She supports the replication and upscaling of the approach all over the

country. She had the privilege to present Philippine cases to the Namibia National LED

Conference in April 2013. As of this past, she is in charge of Knowledge Management,

Public Relations and Communication in a new GIZ project in the Philippines, Promotion of

Green Economic Development (ProGED).

She has been in development work since 1994, working with an EU project supporting micro entrepreneurs in

the small islands in the Visayas, a USAID project supporting the key players in the agriculture sector of Cebu

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Province and a local foundation promoting agricultural productivity and entrepreneurship among the farmers in

the Cebu province. She also had the opportunity to work in Pakistan for 2 years as a VSO volunteer supporting

a local NGO in the area on participation and governance (implementation of participatory principles and tools

and organizational development).

Serey DANH - Cambodia

Danh Serey is Under-General-Secretary (Rank: Under-Secretary of State) of National

Council on Green Growth, Kingdom of Cambodia. He graduated BSc in Law from the

Faculty of Economic Science and Law in 1998, with a diploma of medical doctor from the

Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentist in 1999, and graduated with an MSc in Public

Administration from the Royal University of Economic and Law, Cambodia in 2005.

He has been working at the Ministry of Environment for over 12 years on environmental

and social impact assessment, monitoring development project activities, analysis of legal frameworks, policies,

and strategic planning. Moreover, he is a key person in the development of the Royal Decree on the

Organization and Functioning of the National Council on Green Growth (2012), the Sub-decree on Organization

and Functioning of General Secretariat of National Council on Green Growth (2012), the National Policy on

Green Growth (2013) and the National Strategic Plan on Green Growth 2013-2030.

Jacqueline DEVINE – World Bank

Jacqueline is the Senior Social Marketing Specialist at the Water and Sanitation

Program of the World Bank, providing technical advice in behavior change and social

marketing on rural sanitation and hand washing. She also launched and leads a Behavior

Change Community of Practice within the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Network.

An M.B.A. graduate from McGill University, Jacqueline has over 25 years of experience in

commercial and social marketing, fifteen of which were based in West Africa and Cambodia.

Cat Quang DUONG – Vietnam

Mr. Cat Quang DUONG is currently the Deputy Department Head at the Credit

Department of the State Bank of Vietnam. He has a master degree majoring in Finance,

Credit and Monetary Policy. With more than twenty years of experience working at State

Bank of Vietnam, Mr. Duong has significantly contributed to the formulation of legal

framework and advising the Governor on the implementation of monetary market operations,

interbank market, banking guarantee operation, debt trading and monetary brokerage

operation. He is also responsible for developing and monitoring the information

announcement mechanism, which plays an important role in monetary policy regulation process.

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Silja DRESSEL - GIZ

Involved in international cooperation for the last 10 years, Silja Dressel focuses on the

topics of natural resources management, biodiversity, environmental economics and

energy. She currently works as an Advisor for green economy and environmental

taxation at GIZ, mainly advising the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation

and Development (BMZ) and partner countries worldwide. Silja holds a Master´s Degree

in International Management and a Master´s Degree in Environmental Assessments.

Marianne FAY – World Bank

Marianne Fay is the Chief Economist of the Sustainable Development Network of the

World Bank. She co-directed the World Development Report 2010 on Development and

Climate Change and led a recent World Bank report on Inclusive Green growth: the

Pathway to Sustainable Development. She has held positions in different regions of the

World Bank (Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa)

working on infrastructure, urbanization and climate change. She is the author of a number

of articles and books on these topics. Marianne Fay holds a PhD in Economics from

Columbia University.

Montty GIRIANNA - Indonesia

Monty Girianna is the Director for Energy, Mineral Resources, and Mining of the

National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) of Indonesia.

Mr. Girianna holds a PhD in Transportation System, Department of Civil engineering from

the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Masters in City Planning (MCP) from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Science in Transportation

Engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology.

Amrita GOLDAR - India

Amrita Goldar is a Research Associate at the Indian Council for Research in

International Economic Relation (ICRIER) in India. Within ICRIER, she has been working

on projects related to G-20 negotiations (energy and climate change working groups),

climate adaptation in urban centers, petrochemicals sector and biofuels. Currently she is

heading a project on the distributive impact of fossil fuel subsidy reform in India. She has

previously worked as a Research Associate at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

wherein she worked on projects related to the fields of environmental federalism for the

disbursal of Finance Commission grants based on states’ environmental performance, residential energy

demand modeling and its climate change implications, and coal trade modeling for ensuring India’s energy

security, among others. She has also worked on projects related to the Indian Coal sector, strategies to reduce

GHG emissions from the thermal power sector, and fly ash utilization and management.

She holds a B. A. in Economics (Hons.) degree from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. She has a

Masters degree in Economics from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru

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University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree from CESP, JNU on the topic of Bilateral Investment

Agreements and its impact on India bound FDI.

Lydia GUEVARRA - Philippines

Lydia Guvarra is Director of the Department of Trade and Industry in the Office of

Special Concerns (DTI-OSC), Imprest administrator of the Trade Related Technical

Assistance III (TRTA 3) European Union (EU) Project, and Project Manager of PCs

for Public Schools Project (PCPS). She has previously worked on the DTI Energy

Conservation Program, CALABARZON development program, and DTI SMED Project on

Metals and Engineering Sector and Region IV among others. She has worked on studies

exploring land use planning for the resource protection of the CALABARZON sub region,

a case study of Pakchong on environmentally compatible land use planning for sustainable development, and a

participatory planning framework for district development.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines, an MBA from

Ateneo Graduate School of Business and a Master of Science in Regional Development Planning and

Management from a joint program of the University of Dortmund in Germany and the Asian Institute of

Technology in Thailand.

Nidhi KALRA – World Bank

Dr. Nidhi Kalra is a Senior Decision Scientist at the World Bank where she specializes

in decision support. In particular, she helps organizations use analysis and stakeholder

engagement to make good long term plans, despite uncertainty about climate change and

other factors, and amid complex stakeholder interests. She has helped a number of

institutions with long-term planning, including New York City’s Department of Environmental

Protection, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. National Cooperative Highway

Research Program, the Government of Qatar, and the Steering Center for Flood Control in

Ho Chi Minh City. Prior to joining the World Bank, Dr. Kalra was an Information Scientist at the RAND

Corporation. Dr. Kalra holds a Ph.D. in Robotics from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

Stefan KOEBERLE – World Bank, Indonesia

Dr. Stefan G. Koeberle has been the Country Director, Indonesia of the World Bank

since 2010. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Cambridge University. Before coming to

Indonesia, he was Director, Strategy and Operations in the Latin America and Caribbean

Region of the World Bank; and Director, Operations Services in Latin America, where he

headed a department responsible for financial management, procurement, quality

enhancement and overall development effectiveness. Since joining the World Bank in

1993, Dr. Koeberle has worked in a variety of countries and regions, including

assignments in Thailand, Vietnam and Lao PDR.

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In the Operations Policy and Country Services Vice Presidency of the World Bank, Dr. Koeberle was

responsible for the World Bank’s policy and review unit overseeing policy-based lending and country assistance

strategies. As part of this work, he was leading the World Bank’s approach to conditionality and the replacement

of adjustment lending with its modernized approach of development policy support. Prior to joining the World

Bank, Dr. Koeberle worked as a post-graduate fellow at the German Development Institute in Berlin. Dr

Koeberle has published a number of articles and several books on competitiveness, conditionality and budget

support.

Tomasz KOZLUZ - OECD

Tomasz Koźluk is a Senior Economist on Green Growth at the OECD in Paris. He

joined the OECD Economics Department in 2007, and worked on issues related to

competition, market regulation, fiscal policies, environmental policies, green growth as

well as transport, infrastructure investment and public private partnerships. He has

(co-)authored several papers and survey chapters related to green growth, including

the joint IO report for the G-20 on Incorporating Green Growth and Sustainable

Development Policies into Structural Reform Agendas. His interests include also

transition economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Wanxin LI - China

Wanxin Li is Assistant Professor at Department of Public Policy at the City University

of Hong Kong. She has worked with the World Bank, OECD and Tsinghua University in the

past. Wanxin Li’s research has been focused on the following two lines of inquiry:

environmental governance and quality of life in China. On the first topic, she has published

with tier one academic journals such as The China Quarterly, Nature, Administration &

Society, Public Administration and Development and Journal of Environmental

Management. On the second topic, she has published with Children and Youth Services

Review and Child Indicators Research.

In addition to the research community, Wanxin Li’s work also speaks directly to policy-makers. She single

authored the OECD 2009 report entitled “Eco-Innovation Policies in the People’s Republic of China.”

Furthermore, the World Trade Organization invited her to be one of three principal speakers at the Trade and

Environment Session of the WTO 2011 Public Forum in Geneva.

Maria Lourdes LIM - Philippines

Maria Lourdes Damaso-Lim is the Regional Director of the National Economic and

Development Authority (NEDA) and Vice- Chairperson of the Regional

Development Council XI. She is a government economist, earning post graduate

degrees in Economics from the University of the Philippines and conferred a degree of

Ph.D. in Institutional Development. A staunch practitioner of sustainable development

planning, she spearheaded the crafting of the Liguasan Marsh Development Plan in

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1998 and led the initial technical preparations on the Mindanao River Basin Master Plan; formulation of the

Davao Regional Development Plan, 2011-2016; Davao Regional Development Agenda, 2010-2020; and

Mindanao Strategic Development Framework, 2010-2020, which mainstreamed sustainable development (SD)

principles in sub-national planning. These documents serve as guideposts for policy makers, planners and

implementing organizations to address Davao Region’s and Mindanao’s development concerns. Director Lim

shepherded RDC XI in its assessment of the Philippine Agenda 21 implementation, particularly on the

localization of SD, which is an important component of the Philippine Country Report on Rio+20 United Nations

Conference on Sustainable Development.

She also led NEDA XI in providing technical assistance in the preparation of the DRR/CCA-enhanced Provincial

Development and Physical Framework Plans which integrate SD and DRR/CCA principles/practices in local

level planning, thus; building the resiliency of communities to disaster and climate change to ensure the

sustainable development of communities in the Davao Region of the Philippines. Director Lim was awarded as

Outstanding NEDA Regional Director in CYs 2010 and 2011.

Endah MURNININGTYAS - Indonesia

Endah Murniningtyas is a Deputy Minister for National Resources and Environment at

the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning

Agency (BAPPENAS) of Republic of Indonesia. She graduated with a BSc in Agricultural

Economics and Social from Bogor Agricultural Institute in 1984, graduated with an MSc in

Agricultural and Resource Economics from Oregon State University in 1989, and was

awarded a PhD from Colorado State University in 2000 for studies in Agricultural and

Resource Economics.

She has been working at BAPPENAS for over 25 years in the area of natural resources, economics, and

poverty and has been a frequent lecturer at Bogor Agricultural Institute. She is an active board member of

Perhimpunan Ekonomi Pertanian Indonesia (Perhepi) and Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI), and also

a member of the Long Term Development Planning Study and Strategic Planning Team of BAPPENAS.

Urvashi NARAIN – World Bank

Urvashi Narain is a Senior Environmental Economist at the World Bank, working on the

Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) program. WAVES is a

global partnership that aims to promote sustainable development by ensuring that the

national accounts used to measure and plan for economic growth include the value of

natural resources. She joined the World Bank in 2008 to co-lead a three-year study on the

Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change which provided estimates of costs of adaptation

for developing countries and developed methodologies for countries to plan for climate

resilient development. Prior to joining the World Bank she was a Research Fellow at Resources for the Future,

where her research focused on poverty and environment linkages in rural economies and on global climate

change policy. She earned her PhD in Environmental Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Ly Thu NGA – Vietnam

Ms. Ly Thu NGA is currently the Component Manager of Financial System

Development Component, Macroeconomic Reform Program, GIZ Vietnam. She

has a Masters degree in business administration. With nine years of experience

working for GIZ Vietnam, she has participated in GIZ technical assistance in internal

audit, risk management, financial market supervision, and government bond market

development to the State Bank of Vietnam and the State Securities Commission in

Vietnam.

Tuan Anh NGUYEN - Vietnam

Mr Nguyen, Tuan Anh is Deputy Chief of the climate financing taskforce, and

Deputy Director General of the department in the Ministry of planning and

Investment. He has 15 years of experience working in the Ministry of Planning and

Investment of Vietnam. His responsibilities focus on investment policy for public

environmental protection and climate investment in Vietnam. He was team member of

the group working on the formulation of Vietnam’s Green Grow Strategy.

He graduated with a Masters degree at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand on Industrial engineering

and management.

Thanh Van NGUYEN - Vietnam

Thanh Van Nguyen is the Deputy Director-General of the Industrial Safety Techniques

and Environment Agency in the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Vietnam. Prior to this

position, he served as a Technical Officer and Manager at the Ha Bac Fertilizer and

Chemicals Company, and a Senior Officer in the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s

Department of Technology and Science. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Vietnam

Environmental Industry Association.

He is currently responsible for state management on Industrial environmental protection and sustainable

development in accordance with the oriented sustainable development strategy of Vietnam, in response to

climate change and the development of environmental industry. He guides scientific research, technological

application on environmental protection, technology-friendly environment transference and their application into

industrial productions. Mr. Nguyen also participates in drafting the Law on Environmental Protection and the

amended regulations related to environmental protection and climate change. He holds a Master of Science in

Technology Management.

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Mary Jean PACHECO - Philippines

Mary Jean Pacheco is the Director of the Office of Operational Planning within the

Department of Trade and Industry and Director in Charge in Financial Management

Services. Prior to this position, she has worked within the Office of the Secretary (OSEC),

the Corporate Planning Division at the Center for International Trade Expositions and

Missions (CITEM), with various senators within the Senate of the Philippines, at the

Foundation for Resource Linkage and Development, the Security Bank and Trust

Company (SBTC), and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).

In her current capacities, she prepared the DTI roadmap and supervised the implementation of the

department’s Business Development Program. She is responsible for the development, monitoring and

evaluation of foreign assisted projects. Ms. Pacheco holds a Bachelor in Commerce and an MBA from the

University of Santo Tomas, and a Masters in Public Policy from Massey University in New Zealand.

Stefanie REIHER - GIZ

Stefanie Reiher is an Economic Policy Advisor in the sector project sustainable

economic development at GIZ Headquarters in Germany. She focuses on resource

based economic development and economic policy for inclusive green growth. She

started her career as a delegated advisor to German Federal Ministry for Economic

Cooperation and development, working in the division for Economic Policy and

Financial Sector. Stefanie holds a degree in Political Sciences, Economic Policy and

Public Law from the Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster and Turku University.

Emil SALIM - Indonesia

Dr. Emil Salim is chairperson in the Advisory Council to President Yudhoyono of

Indonesia on environment and sustainable development issues. He has also served as

a Member of the Advisory Group at the Asian Development Bank since May 2009. He

has held a number of governmental positions and was the first State Minister of

Environment in Indonesia.

Dr. Salim graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Indonesia in

1959. He then obtained a PhD degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and returned to

Indonesia to a teaching position at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Indonesia in 1964. He became

one of the well-known group of 'Berkeley Mafia' economic advisers, working closely with Professor Widjojo

Nitisastro. In 1977 he was appointed the position of professor of economic development at the University of

Indonesia.

He has chaired the Foundation for Sustainable Development and the Kehati Foundation, and co-chaired the

United States- Indonesia Society.

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Edi SETIJAWAN - Indonesia

Edi Setijawan is a Deputy Director/Division Head of Indonesian Banking Architecture at

the Bank of Indonesia. He has had a 17-year career at the Bank of Indonesia as banking

supervisor, bank analyst and researcher for commercial banks, rural banks and Islamic

banks. As deputy director in the Department of Banking Research and Regulation, his main

task is developing and monitoring the implementation of Indonesian Banking Architecture.

Currently, he is handling green banking initiatives as well and capitalizing on his expertise in

bank risk management, good corporate governance, sustainable banking, Islamic banking,

micro finance, global governance, total quality management, and human resources development. Mr. Setijawan

is very active as a speaker both nationally and internationally.

Benjamin SIMMONS – Green Growth Knowledge Platform

Benjamin Simmons is the Head of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform Secretariat

(www.ggkp.org), a joint initiative of the Global Green Growth Institute, the Organisation for

Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme, and

the World Bank. Prior to his current role, Benjamin served as coordinator of the Economics of

Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative and Head of the Trade, Policy and Planning

Unit in UNEP’s Economics and Trade Branch, located in Geneva, Switzerland. He was

responsible for overall TEEB implementation and served as a lead author for the TEEB

publication on national and international policymaking and the TEEB synthesis report. Benjamin also provided

policy advice for UNEP’s green economy initiative and managed the development of the “Enabling Conditions”

section for the UNEP green economy report. In addition to his work on TEEB and Green Economy, Benjamin

managed UNEP’s trade and environment programme and served as the principal UNEP delegate to the World

Trade Organization. He is the author of numerous articles, papers and book chapters examining the interface

between environmental and economic policies. Prior to joining UNEP in 2003, Benjamin worked as an

environmental lawyer for a private law firm in New York City. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Columbia

University School of Law and a Master in International Affairs from Columbia University School of International

and Public Affairs.

Avjeet SINGH – World Bank

Avjeet Singh Ms. Avjeet Singh is a Senior Operations Officer in the Office of the

Vice President of Sustainable Development Network (SDN) at the World Bank.

She provides advice on the monitoring and evaluation aspects of SDN projects and

programs. Ms. Singh has also worked with several governments in Africa and South

Asia on monitoring and evaluation issues. She previously worked in the Government

Reform and Infrastructure Development advisory practice in PricewaterhouseCoopers

in India. Born in India, Ms. Singh received her B.A. in Economics and M.B.A in Finance

from University of Delhi, India and her Masters in Public Administration/International Development from Harvard

University.

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Volker STEIGERWALD – GIZ-Philippines

Dr Volker Steigerwald Frankfurt is a Project Manager at GIZ for the new project

Promotion of Green Economic Development (ProGED) continuing with the Department

of Trade and Industry as a partner. Prior to this position, he served as GTZ Program

Manager of PSP SMEDSEP in Manila with the German contribution ending successfully

this past December. After firming up GTZ’s Project Cycle Management (PCM) approach as

a member of the Quality assurance Group at GTZ Eschborn directly working for the GTZ

Management and executive Directors, Volker was in the forefront of pushing the Orientation

Towards Impact in GTZ and German Development Cooperation. He has also previously headed the GTZ

program operations of the Philippine – German PSP SMEDSEP, and served as Programme Coordinator at the

beginning of the Sri Lankan – German Economist Strategy Support Programme (ESSP). During his time in Sri

Lanka, his wife Leah and he experienced the Christmas 2004 tsunami when both held to each other and

together survived after being caught by the wave in Trincomalee at the East Coast where the tsunami made its

first landfall in Sri Lanka.

After joining the German Development Institute’s postgraduate course in 1979, he started to work in 1980 as

GTZ team member in charge of regional planning in the Area Development Project (ADP) West Pasaman, West

Sumatra, INDONESIA. After this assignment, he put together the rich experiences in ADP back in Germany in

Justus Liebig University in Giessen. After several publications, this in the end became the basis of Volker’s PhD

dissertation on the application of systems’ theory in the planning and implementation of regional rural

development programmes. In all of his professional life, Volker was researching, planning and promoting

regional or territorial approaches to development: from Integrated Rural Development (IRD) via Regional Rural

Development (RRD) to Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED). Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises always play a vital role in these territorial development approaches. Now “greening” MSME is his

new topic.

Anupit SUPNITHADNAPORN - Thailand

Anupit Supnithadnaporn has worked with the Office of the National Economic and

Social Development Board (NESDB) since 1996. As a Plan and Policy Analyst,

her responsibilities include (1) studying and analyzing development issues regarding

environment and natural resources; (2) drafting the National Economic and Social

Development Plan (NESDP) for every 5 years focusing on the natural resources and

environment issues; (3) monitoring and evaluating the outputs and outcomes of the

NESDP; (4) appraising any large government scaled investment projects relating to

environment and natural resources (i.e. waste-water treatment plant); and lastly (5) .providing policy

recommendations to the cabinet, upon request, on environmental issues.

Regarding her education, Anupit received a BSc from Thammasat University, Thailand, in the field of

Environmental Science in 1990. In 1992, she was awarded a Royal Thai Scholarship to study a Master degree

in marine policy at the University of Delaware in the US. Upon working at NESDB for 7 years, she was selected

to receive a Royal Thai Scholarship to pursue her Master and PhD in public policy at Georgia Institute of

Technology, where she graduated in 2009.

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Lukita Dinarsyah TUWO - Indonesia

Lukita Dinarsyah Tuwo has been Vice Minister of National Development Planning

since January 2010. Born in Bandung, Indonesia in September 25th, 1961, Lukita

dedicated most of his life at BAPPENAS.

After receiving his Bachelor degree on Industrial Engineering from Bandung Institute

of Technology in 1985, he continued to enhance his study in United States where he

earned his Master Degree from Canderblit University, Nashville and PhD degree at

University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Both degrees are in Economics. Lukita started his career as staff of

Production Plan at Elida Gibbs Division PT Unilever Indonesia for 2 years. Then he joined BAPPENAS at

bureau for Macroeconomic Planning and Quantitive Study Affairs. He soon promoted in various important

position in the Bappenas such as: Director for Balance of Payment and International Economic Cooperation

Affairs and the very last was as the Deputy Minister of National Development Planning for Development

Funding Affairs. Prior to his appointment as Vice Minister, Lukita has been involved in various activities in the

financial Sector such as Secretary of the Secretariat for Financial Sector Policy Committee and as lecturer to

the Univerisity of Indonesia for the Ph.D Program and to University of Bina Nusantara for Master Degree

Program. Lukita currently also holds a position as Commissioner and Chairman of the Renumeration

Committee of the Permata Bank and Vice President Commissioner of PT. Tuban Pacific Petrochemical

Indotama.

Anna Van PADDENBURG – Global Green Growth Institute

Anna van Paddenburg is the Indonesia Country Program Director of the Global Green

Growth Institute (GGGI). She joined GGGI's global team earlier this year, with a wealth

of experience on the importance of natural capital for the economy as well as for food,

resource and climate security. Anna currently works closely with the Government of

Indonesia in an effort to mainstream green growth in economic and development planning.

Anna has over 12 years of work experience. Prior to her work in Indonesia she worked in

China for 6 years. Anna is the principal author of the Heart of Borneo: Investing in nature

for a green economy publication(2012), a two year spatial-economic modeling assessment on Borneo. She

worked for a variety of NGOs (WWF, TNC, Wetlands International) and as independent consultant on natural

resource related technical and policy assessments as well as on broader bi/multilateral, corporate fundraising

and partnership development.

She completed her MSc. in Geo-information Science (spatial environmental modeling) at Wageningen

University in the Netherlands and her Honours degree in Environmental Science at the University of Western

Australia. While Anna is Dutch by nationality, she was born in Papua New Guinea and spent a significant part of

her youth on many remote islands of Indonesia and the Pacific region. Anna is currently based in Jakarta

(Indonesia).

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Yi WANG - China

Dr. WANG Yi is Deputy Director-General of the Institute of Policy and Management

(IPM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Professor of Energy and

Environmental Policy at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr.

Wang’s current posts include: Member, Standing Committee of the National People’s

Congress of China; Team Leader and Chief Scientist, annual “China Sustainable

Development Report (CSDR)”. He is also executive member of some academic societies

and senior adviser to a dozen of international organizations and foundations. His research

interests include public policy and strategic study related to sustainable development, especially in the fields of

climate change and energy, integrated river basin management, and comprehensive planning of development,

resource, and the environment. His research has contributed to many of China’s current policies and

institutional arrangements.

Frederic WILS - GIZ

Frédéric Wils is a Planning Officer with the Competence Centre for Climate Change at

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. His work

focuses on designing and advising capacity building projects in the Asia region in the area

of climate finance and greenhouse gas mitigation. He is also contributing to the German-

British NAMA Facility which is supporting developing countries that show leadership on

tackling climate change and want to implement transformational NAMAs. Prior

to these activities, he worked as an assistant to the Chairman of the GIZ Management

Board and a Junior Professional Officer at GIZ’s Climate Protection Programme. He holds a M.A. in

International Relations from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (Washington, DC) and

graduated in Public Administration from Potsdam University.

Georg WITSCHEL - Germany

Georg Witschel is the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Indonesia since

October 2012. Prior to this position, Mr. Witschel was Ambassadorof the Federal Republic of

Germany in Canada. He has held various positions in the German Foreign Office and German

embassies in Ljubljana and Tel Avis, as well as at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the

United Nations.

Ambassador Witschel’s main area of interest is in international law. He holds a PhD in

International Law from Erlangen University.